Todd Bertuzzi-Steve Moore incident, 20 years later

[Hockeyfan2390]

It's hard to believe that this took place two decades ago. What would the punishment have been had this happened in today's NHL?

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[Tralfamadore]

Probably some how less

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

$5000 fine

 

[KeyserSoze81]

It's hard to believe that this took place two decades ago. What would the punishment have been had this happened in today's NHL?

It happened while the play was going on, wouldn't even have been an in-person with Parros.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Parros would've slapped his wrist with a fine, maybe a few games.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Criminy - all I saw was the first part of the thread title from the main window, and I had Vietnam-style flashbacks to every time this would get resurrected over the past, well, twenty years.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

"Good hockey play, misconduct rescinded".- George Parros

 

[Breakers]

Chris Simon didn't have criminal charges

this wouldnt either

McSorely was found guilty but he used the stick.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not saying it was justified but Steve Moore had it coming the way he was moving. Obviously sucks that was the end result and the consequent 600 pound dog pile on his neck.

 

[Primary Assist]

"Steve Moore has been fined $2,000 worth Moosehead for embellishment. Proceeds to be split among the Canucks locker room and the NHL Department of Discipline."

 

[DFC]

All jokes aside, very few incidents changed the game like this one did. Enforcers became almost cosmetic after this, because they only fought other enforcers. Which didn't really make sense. Before this incident, you would occasionally (I wouldn't say often) see enforcers chase down offenders and try to force them into a fight (McCarty/Lemieux), or at least a skirmish, which would often wind up with the other team's enforcer stepping in. So they did, at least to an extent, work as a deterrent.

This pretty much changed all that. lol, Of course there was the Scott/Kessel incident, but by that point the idea of an enforcer going after a star seemed absurd.

 

[JKG33]

Not saying it was justified but Steve Moore had it coming the way he was moving. Obviously sucks that was the end result and the consequent 600 pound dog pile on his neck.

This. People isolate the incident which was overkill, but Moore was a POS rat

 

[God]

if that hadn't happened, someone wouldve done this to nick cousins by now

 

[luiginb]

The fact that Bertuzzi ever played a shift after this assault in the NHL is a stain on the game, and on the teams he was on.

 

[robertmac43]

Remember it like it was yesterday and I was youngen at that point. Crazy how time flies.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

This. People isolate the incident which was overkill, but Moore was a POS rat

I thought I was the only person with that unpopular opinion.

 

[Senor Catface]

I feel like less and less people watch the hit that lead to the main event.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I'm surprised Kadri wasn't pulled out of middle school and suspended.

I feel like less and less people watch the hit that lead to the main event.

Complete garbage hit, Moore definitely deserved to get his ass beaten but not his career ended.

 

[Reality Check]

We have all moved on.

However, the biggest question from that incident is how did Marc Crawford get a pass. Same guy who nearly had an aneurysm as Scotty Bowman just smiled at him.

 

[Il Stugotz]

Marc Crawford and Todd Bertuzzi cost their team a legit shot at the Cup because they couldn't manage their emotions. Naslund came back quickly and had a strong run in the playoffs. He only missed 4 games

 

[Chairman Maouth]

I'm surprised Kadri wasn't pulled out of middle school and suspended.



Complete garbage hit, Moore definitely deserved to get his ass beaten but not his career ended.

I think it's possible that it was Moore's choice to end his own career. It was not the neck injury that ended his career. It was a concussion that ended the career of a player with no concussion history and who stood to profit far more from a lawsuit than he would ever have made as an NHL player.

 

[Rubi]

The repercussions from this and the subsequent lawsuit basically destroyed Marc Crawford's career as a NHL HC. This incident and his actions will follow him to the grave. Bertuzzi was just a tool in Crawford's tool box.

 

[amigo]

I remember invasion of Nucks trolls on old AVS site forums after this. Lots of bad blood between fans too.

 

[DFC]

Remember it like it was yesterday and I was youngen at that point. Crazy how time flies.

Same. I was flipping through channels and stopped on the game randomly, about 30 seconds before it happened.

The repercussions from this and the subsequent lawsuit basically destroyed Marc Crawford's career as a NHL HC. This incident and his actions will follow him to the grave. Bertuzzi was just a tool in Crawford's tool box.

Bertuzzi was also never the same player after this.

 

[BLNY]

Not saying it was justified but Steve Moore had it coming the way he was moving. Obviously sucks that was the end result and the consequent 600 pound dog pile on his neck.

Yes. All stems back to the previous game between the two and his hit on Naslund. Moore spent this game running away from a fight. If he'd gotten it out of the way early, it's done.